Reader's view: Meeting will address gerrymandering

Dennis B. Dowling

Published
6:00 am EDT, Saturday, June 3, 2017

To the editor:

Decaying democracy is happening in Michigan. Politicians are controlling the borderlines of our districts in this state. This is gerrymandering and we need to fix it. At the moment, concerned citizens are working to put a proposal on the 2018 ballot that would change the way redistricting is done in Michigan after the 2020 census. Currently, the state legislature draws the district lines and they draw them to their advantage. There are many tools available to them giving them the opportunity to be devious.

Cracking, Packing and Picasso shapes are some of the tricks they use. Gerrymandering makes it possible for politicians to choose their voters by manipulating the district lines to their advantage. Instead of voters selecting their politicians, politicians are picking their voters!